Posts by "heidi"

This morning I hauled myself out of bed way earlier than I wanted to, because if I did, I would get to swim (and then have coffee with) one of the raddest people I know. We do this (mostly) weekly and have been for a year now. Last April, I could pull off a mean… Continue reading →

After 4 months of living in the dust and plastic of the remodel, last week was a big step forward. Over the weekend, we started painting.The sudden appearance of huge swaths of color – Whisper, Isle, Origami, and Dancing in the Rain – signaled an end to most of the dust-creating activities and a leap… Continue reading →

After two master’s degrees and two bachelor’s degrees, I finally met the very best teacher for me – through Craigslist. Don’t get me wrong, I have had some great teachers (precisely five in high school, two in undergrad, and another two in grad school), but none of them match the expertise I’ve found in A.C…. Continue reading →

Transportation. What does the word conjure up for you? Is it a specific mode – like a bicycle or a car? Or something broader, like the highway network or those colorful maps depicting the many routes of an airline in and out of their hub cities? Do you imagine an inscrutable spreadsheet of numbers depicting… Continue reading →

Last night I attended the 2015 Ann Niles Active Transportation Lecture at Ecotrust here in Portland, OR. Seleta Reynolds, head of L.A. DOT, gave an inspiring talk on “Equity and Access in L.A.” She hit on several topics in her hour-long talk, and I’m hoping that many of the themes she brought up will be… Continue reading →

I hope I look back on 2015 as the year when I successfully took on more than I should. After 5 fulfilling years at Upstream Public Health, I’m headed in a new direction as the Executive Director of the Sustainable Transportation Council. And after years being thwarted by our house’s layout – forcing us to yell at… Continue reading →

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Hello! I am a transportation/land use/social justice/public health policy wonk and advocate, and I write about it.